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Urochela (Urochela) melaina

Insecta - Hemiptera - Urostylididae

Taxonomy
Urochela melaina was named by Zhang (1989). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 79/80 (Beijing Museum), which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.

It was recombined as Urochela (Urochela) melaina by Souma et al. (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Urochela melaina Zhang p. 85 figs. Pl 18, fig 1; text-fig 67
2024Urochela (Urochela) melaina Souma et al. p. 592 figs. 2-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Clareocercaria
—Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
—Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderHeteroptera
infraorderPentatomomorphaLeston et al. 1954
superfamilyPentatomoideaLeach 1815
familyUrostylididae(Dallas 1851)
subfamilyUrostylidinae(Dallas 1851)
tribeUrostylidiniDallas 1851
genusUrochela
subgenusUrochela
speciesmelaina()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Burdigalian or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Japan Urochela melaina (235318)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Shandong) Urochela melaina (type locality: 128550)